Ken Hall: I'm old and white, and I've got my special anger issues

You know what makes me angry? All this talk about there not being enough angry old white guys to win elections anymore.

You know what makes me angry? All this talk about there not being enough angry old white guys to win elections anymore.

I'm a guy. I'm white. I'm old. And I get angry all the time.

I get angry when people talk about immigration like it was some sort of disease.

I get angry when people talk about women like they were a collection of body parts to be inspected and approved.

I get angry when people don't have the rights of others because they're gay.

I get angry when people say we have the best health care system in the world, even though we don't, and then keep others from using it.

I get angry when the temperature keeps going up, but no one dares call it global warming.

I get angry when the people who brought down the economy pay a low tax rate while people who really work for a living pay a higher rate, then lose their jobs.

I get angry at people who don't tip well.

I get angry at the Wilpons. If you can't afford to own the Mets, sell them to somebody who can.

I get angry that the Supreme Court decided it was OK to pay a woman less than a man if you could keep it a secret and that rich people did not have enough going for them when it came to buying elections.

And don't get me started on the media.

Fact checkers? Why do we need fact checkers? Isn't that what those reporters and editors and anchors are supposed to do?

I remember when checking facts was what you did before you started to write. If somebody said that the sun rose in the West last Tuesday or that the president did not have a real birth certificate, you didn't put it in the paper and then call somebody for comment.

I'm angry they let that bigot John Sununu say that Barack Obama did not know how to be an American and was too stupid and lazy to win a debate.

I'm not angry about Donald Trump. Why bother?

And I'm not angry about Fox News, not after that Fairleigh Dickinson University survey found that people who get their news exclusively from Fox actually know less than people who do not watch the news at all. That's just sad.

Like I said, don't get me started.

I'd be happy with a group of angry old white guys who want the kind of immigration reform that John McCain used to want, the kind of health care that Richard Nixon thought was a good idea, the kind of environment that Teddy Roosevelt valued.

I'm not a joiner. Set up the tables and print the agenda if you want, but I'm not coming, not even for the cookies.

If there are other angry, old white guys out there who feel the same way, send me an email. If I'm in a good mood, I might reply, but don't count on it.